Hotel memorializes Texas preservationist Albert Keidel
Architectural firm, Clayton Korte, and hospitality management company, New Waterloo, have designed Albert Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas, to pay tribu…
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NYC Dept. of Buildings lacks in construction site safety action: report
An audit released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli found NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) needs to be more aggressive in its oversigh…
University of Alabama team becomes national winner in PCI design competition
A team from University of Alabama has won the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)’s 2022 Engineering Design Competition, also known as the …
Director at Indiana architecture school blames urban planning for climate change
Professor Marianne Cusato from Notre Dame University School of Architecture, who is leading the effort to revitalize Indiana’s South Bend Farmers Ma…
Article on specifying resinous flooring in resilient flooring e-book
Resinous flooring, also known as fluid-applied or poured-in-place flooring, is common in industrial and commercial environments. Its properties allow …
Golf association’s Texas HQ prioritizes green practices with regional material use
Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) utilized indigenous Texan Lueders limestone to reduce transport-related emissions in constructing the 9,906 m2 (…
Podcast about history-shaping women architects receives $100,000 Fed grant
The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF) has received $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a new podcast series,…
Construction giant paves the way for net-zero asphalt surfaces
One of the 25 largest construction companies in the U.S., Granite Construction Inc. has joined the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA)’s Th…
Salt Lake City mixed-use project’s massing responds to site challenges
While designing Mya, a mixed-use development in Salt Lake City, Utah, architect EskewDumezRipple had to adapt and integrate three different facades se…
Article on archaic concrete flooring featured in e-book
While modern flooring systems predominantly feature the durable reinforced concrete floor slab, previously there had been a number of different materi…
